About the event dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the city of Gomel from the Nazi invaders, organized on the basis of the institution «State Archive of Public Associations of the Gomel Region»

On November 21, 2023, as part of the republican action «Archives to School» and the pilot project «Young Archivist», employees of the institution «State Archive of Public Associations of the Gomel Region» held the event «They Fought for Gomel», with 7th grade students of the state educational institution «Secondary School No.3 Gomel named after D.N. Penyazkova».

On the eve of the Day of Liberation of the city of Gomel from the Nazi invaders, a video was shown for schoolchildren about the liberation of Gomel, prepared by the state archive of film, photo and sound documents as part of the Open Film Archive project.

During the event, the children studied the most interesting documents from the pre- and post-war periods. Of particular interest to schoolchildren were the personal files of the members of the Gomel militia regiment who defended Gomel in August 1941, the memories of veterans of the Great Patriotic War who participated in the defense of Gomel, as well as the personal files of Heroes of the Soviet Union.

At the end of the event, the archivists answered numerous questions from students and conducted a sightseeing tour of the archives.